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Test No. 119

England tour of Australia 1911/12
1911-12 season
Australia vs England - 4th Test
09-13 February, 1912 (timeless match)

England led the 5-match series 3-1

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Result : England won by an innings and 225 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Kelleway c Hearne b Woolley
29 
78 
4 
0
37.18 
»
 Ranji Hordern b Barnes
19 
84 
1 
0
22.62 
»
 Warren Bardsley b Foster
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Victor Trumper b Foster
17 
33 
1 
0
51.52 
»
 Clem Hill c Hearne b Barnes
22 
40 
1 
0
55.00 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Barnes
7 
17 
0 
0
41.18 
»
 Roy Minnett c Rhodes b Foster
56 
77 
6 
0
72.73 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Rhodes b Foster
4 
15 
0 
0
26.67 
»
 Jimmy Matthews c Gunn b Barnes
3 
13 
0 
0
23.08 
»
 Tibby Cotter b Barnes
15 
19 
3 
0
78.95 
»
 Sammy Carter Not Out
6 
18 
1 
0
33.33 
Extras B 1, LB 5, N 7
13
Total : (all out in 65.1 overs)
191
 RR : 2.93

Fall of wickets : 1-53 (Charles Kelleway), 2-53 (Ranji Hordern), 3-69 (Warren Bardsley), 4-74 (Victor Trumper), 5-83 (Warwick Armstrong), 6-124 (Clem Hill), 7-152 (Vernon Ransford), 8-165 (Roy Minnett), 9-170 (Jimmy Matthews), 10-191 (Tibby Cotter, 65.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frank Foster
22
2 
77 
4
3.50
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
29
 .1
4 
74 
5
2.54
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
11
3 
22 
1
2.00
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
2
1 
1 
0
0.50
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
1
0 
4 
0
4.00
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c Carter b Hordern
178 
296 
22 
0
60.14 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c Carter b Minnett
179 
405 
15 
0
44.20 
»
 George Gunn c Hill b Armstrong
75 
184 
6 
0
40.76 
»
 Young Jack Hearne c Armstrong b Minnett
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Frank Foster c Hordern b Armstrong
50 
86 
4 
0
58.14 
»
 Johnny Douglas c Bardsley b Armstrong
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Frank Woolley c Kelleway b Minnett
56 
78 
4 
1
71.79 
»
 Phil Mead b Hordern
21 
57 
2 
0
36.84 
»
 Joseph Vine Not Out
4 
33 
0 
0
12.12 
»
 Tiger Smith c Matthews b Kelleway
7 
20 
0 
0
35.00 
»
 Sydney Barnes c Hill b Hordern
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 2, LB 4, W 4, N 9
19
Total : (all out in 190.5 overs)
589
 RR : 3.09

Fall of wickets : 1-323 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-425 (Wilfred Rhodes), 3-425 (Young Jack Hearne), 4-486 (George Gunn), 5-486 (Johnny Douglas), 6-513 (Frank Foster), 7-565 (Frank Woolley), 8-579 (Phil Mead), 9-589 (Tiger Smith), 10-589 (Sydney Barnes, 190.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
37
5 
125 
0
3.38
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
26
2 
80 
1
3.08
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
36
12 
93 
3
2.58
0
0
»
 Jimmy Matthews
22
1 
68 
0
3.09
0
0
»
 Ranji Hordern
47
 .5
5 
137 
3
2.86
0
0
»
 Roy Minnett
20
5 
59 
3
2.95
0
0
»
 Vernon Ransford
2
1 
8 
0
4.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Kelleway c Smith b Barnes
5 
25 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Sammy Carter c sub b Douglas
38 
120 
2 
0
31.67 
»
 Warren Bardsley b Foster
3 
19 
0 
0
15.79 
»
 Victor Trumper b Barnes
28 
77 
3 
0
36.36 
»
 Clem Hill b Douglas
11 
34 
0 
0
32.35 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Douglas
11 
16 
1 
0
68.75 
»
 Roy Minnett b Douglas
7 
17 
0 
0
41.18 
»
 Vernon Ransford Not Out
29 
34 
5 
0
85.29 
»
 Tibby Cotter c Mead b Foster
8 
9 
1 
0
88.89 
»
 Jimmy Matthews b Foster
10 
15 
2 
0
66.67 
»
 Ranji Hordern c Foster b Douglas
5 
14 
1 
0
35.71 
Extras B 9, LB 2, N 7
18
Total : (all out in 61.5 overs)
173
 RR : 2.80

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Charles Kelleway), 2-20 (Warren Bardsley), 3-76 (Sammy Carter), 4-86 (Victor Trumper), 5-101 (Warwick Armstrong), 6-112 (Clem Hill), 7-117 (Roy Minnett), 8-127 (Tibby Cotter), 9-156 (Jimmy Matthews), 10-173 (Ranji Hordern, 61.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frank Foster
19
3 
38 
3
2.00
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
20
6 
47 
2
2.35
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
2
0 
7 
0
3.50
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
3
0 
17 
0
5.67
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
17
 .5
6 
46 
5
2.58
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Joseph Vine (England)
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and WA Young (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Fri, 09 Feb - England 54/0 (JB Hobbs 30*, W Rhodes 23*)
Day 2 : Sat, 10 Feb - England 370/1 (W Rhodes 157*, G Gunn 22*)
Day 3 : Sun, 11 Feb - rest day
Day 4 : Mon, 12 Feb - Australia 8/0 (C Kelleway 2*, H Carter 5*)
Day 5 : Tue, 13 Feb - Australia 173 (61.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Charles Kelleway, Clem Hill (Capt.), Jimmy Matthews, Ranji Hordern, Roy Minnett, Sammy Carter (wk), Tibby Cotter, Vernon Ransford, Victor Trumper, Warren Bardsley, Warwick Armstrong
England Frank Foster, Frank Woolley, George Gunn, Johnny Douglas (Capt.), Joseph Vine, Phil Mead, Sir Jack Hobbs, Sydney Barnes, Tiger Smith (wk), Wilfred Rhodes, Young Jack Hearne
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